bolscaire

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bolsaire
  • ballsaire, boillsuire, bollsaire, bollscaire, bollsgaire, bolsgaire (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɔl̪ˠsˠkərʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠʌl̪ˠsˠərʲə/[1] (corresponding to the alternative form bolsaire)

Noun

bolscaire m (genitive singular bolscaire, nominative plural bolscairí)

  1. crier, herald, announcer
    Synonym: aralt
  2. propagandist, booster, publicist
  3. blusterer
    Synonyms: bliústar, gal, galach

Declension

Declension of bolscaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bolscaire bolscairí
vocative a bholscaire a bholscairí
genitive bolscaire bolscairí
dative bolscaire bolscairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bolscaire na bolscairí
genitive an bholscaire na mbolscairí
dative leis an mbolscaire
don bholscaire 		leis na bolscairí

Descendants

  • → Yola: bolsker

Mutation

Mutated forms of bolscaire
radical lenition eclipsis
bolscaire bholscaire mbolscaire

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 23

Further reading

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